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Monday, August 7, 2017

Persistent,stormy weather pattern gripping the NYC area for the fifth straight month

Since the Spring 2017 season began,practically,the Jet Stream has been
practically stuck in a pattern that has let the Eastern two-thirds of
the US to remain persistently wet,stormy,raw and cool across two seasons
now as though it's been a particularly steamy summer so far,this has
led temperatures to trend near or slightly below normal this summer
(Note the lack of 90-degree temps so far this summer and the fact that
the highest temp for 2017 so far occurred in mid-May,just over a month
before the 2017 summer season even officially started,for example).
Here's the High and Low Temperature and weather stats for
the city of White Plains,NY for each day since April Fool's Day; April
1,2017,as of 12:15AM,EDT,August 8,2017 from weatherunderground.com

-Highest Temperature: 95 degrees on May 18
-Lowest Temperature: 33 degrees on April 9
-# of Highs above normal: 70 days
-# of Highs right at normal: 4 days
-# of Highs below normal: 55 days
-# of Highs at least 10 degrees above normal: 18 days
-# of Highs at least 10 degrees below normal: 13 days
-# of Highs at least 15 degrees above normal: 12 days
-# of Highs at least 15 degrees below normal: 3 days
-# of Highs at least 20 degrees above normal: 6 days
-# of Highs at least 20 degrees below normal: 0 days
-# of Highs at least 25 degrees above normal: 2 days
-# of Highs at least 25 degrees below normal: 0 days
-# of Highs at or above 100 degrees: 0 days
-# of Highs between 90-99 degrees: 10 days
-# of Highs between 80-89 degrees: 39 days
-# of Highs between 70-79 degrees: 30 days
-# of Highs between 60-69 degrees: 33 days
-# of Highs between 50-59 degrees: 15 days
-# of Highs between 40-49 degrees: 2 days
-# of Highs below 40 degrees: 0 days
-Rainfall: 17.21 inches
-# of Days of Measurable Precipitation: 53 days
-# of Days of No Measurable Precipitation: 76 days